Character Relationship Map: Duchess

Characters

• Scarlett Monaghan / Duchess (played by Charlotte Kirk) — protagonist

  Scarlett is a London thief who grows into a formidable figure known as Duchess. After falling in love with Robert, she survives an attack that leaves her presumed dead and reunites with Billy and Mich...

• Robert McNaughton (played by Philip Winchester) — protagonist

  Robert is a dangerous but honorable man connected to a criminal organization, whose attraction to Scarlett becomes love. He reveals tenderness beneath his tough exterior and is willing to kill to prot...

• Frank Monaghan (played by Colm Meaney) — supporting

  Frank is Scarlett’s imprisoned father. In the past, he abused her mother and went to prison after shooting a security guard during a failed robbery. Years later, he offers Scarlett neither remorse nor...

• Billy Baraka (played by Hoji Fortuna) — supporting

  Billy helps protect Robert and Scarlett during an armed confrontation and is later forced into a deadly choice when Tom’s men seize them. After Scarlett survives an attack and is presumed dead, she re...

• Michelle (played by Mellissa Laycy) — supporting

  Michelle is Scarlett’s closest friend from the period when Scarlett is a young thief. Later, after Scarlett survives an attack and begins planning revenge, Michelle joins her and helps assemble a grou...

• Tom Sullivan (played by Colin Egglesfield) — supporting

  Tom is Robert’s longtime associate, but he turns against him after a powerful boss orders Scarlett’s death. He blames himself for allowing Robert’s love for Scarlett to endanger their organization, an...

• Adam (played by Harvey Dean) — minor

  Adam works with Scarlett when she is a young thief. He takes a share of whatever she steals while protecting her, making him an early partner in her life before her relationship with Robert changes he...

Canonical Relationships

Family, romantic, and professional connections based on plot evidence.

• Robert McNaughton → Tom Sullivan (Professional Longtime Associate) — Tom has an established working connection to Robert within the criminal organization.

  Tom Sullivan is described as Robert's longtime associate before turning against him.

• Scarlett Monaghan / Duchess → Frank Monaghan (Family Father And Daughter) — Frank is Scarlett's biological father, but their family bond is rejected rather than restored.

  Scarlett confronts her imprisoned father, Frank Monaghan, who claims that their shared blood makes her his daughter.

• Scarlett Monaghan / Duchess → Robert McNaughton (Romantic Lovers) — Their love story is the central emotional relationship in the plot.

  Scarlett crosses paths with Robert, their attraction becomes love, and they later discuss marriage while facing possible death.

Story Dynamics

Alliances, conflicts, and narrative interactions that evolve throughout the story.

• Scarlett Monaghan / Duchess → Tom Sullivan (Conflict Enemy) — Tom becomes an operational enemy responsible for enforcing the threat against Scarlett.

  Tom reveals that a powerful boss ordered Scarlett's death, and Tom's men seize Scarlett and Robert.

• Scarlett Monaghan / Duchess → Billy Baraka (Alliance Revenge Ally) — Billy becomes one of Scarlett's principal partners in rebuilding her resistance.

  After surviving the attack, Scarlett reunites with Billy Baraka and begins assembling a counterattack.

• Robert McNaughton → Billy Baraka (Alliance Protective Ally) — Billy is a reliable ally who supports Robert and later continues supporting Scarlett.

  Billy Baraka helps protect Robert and Scarlett during the armed confrontation and later reunites with Scarlett for the counterattack.

• Scarlett Monaghan / Duchess → Michelle (Social Closest Friend) — Michelle provides Scarlett with a longstanding personal bond outside her criminal relationships.

  Michelle is identified as Scarlett's closest friend during Scarlett's early life as a thief.

• Scarlett Monaghan / Duchess → Adam (Alliance Protective Partner) — Adam is an early criminal partner who combines protection with a share-based working arrangement.

  As a young thief, Scarlett worked with Adam, who took a share of what she stole while protecting her.

Story Analysis

Scarlett transforms trauma, love, and betrayal into a calculated campaign for survival and revenge.

Plot Progression

1. A Thief Finds Her Name — Scarlett presents herself as a London woman shaped by violence and respect. Her early partnership with Adam and friendship with Michelle establish the foundation of her criminal life.
2. Love Inside the Organization — Scarlett meets Robert McNaughton, whose danger and honor attract her. Their relationship becomes love while Scarlett exposes the family trauma behind her resilience.
3. Violence Creates a Duchess — An armed confrontation demonstrates Robert's willingness to kill for Scarlett, while Billy helps them escape. Robert's companions give Scarlett the identity of Duchess.
4. Blood Without Redemption — Scarlett confronts her imprisoned father, Frank Monaghan, and rejects his attempt to define their relationship through shared blood. The encounter confirms her emotional separation from her past.
5. The Betrayal and the Counterattack — Tom Sullivan turns against Robert and reveals the order to kill Scarlett. After surviving an attack, Scarlett reunites with Billy and Michelle and prepares a deceptive campaign of revenge.